Carrier.



N0. 535L200. PATENTED APR. 23; 1907. R. W. FRANKLIN.

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tional view through a portion of a device and RAY W. FRANKLIN, OF FAIRFIELD, IOWA.

CARRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 23, 1907.

Application filed November 8, 19b6- Serial No. 342,556-

To all whom it may concern: i

Be it known that I, RAY W. FRANKLIN, a I citizen of the United States, residing at Fairfield, in the county of Jefferson and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful I Improvements in Carriers and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertainsto make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in carriers comprising means for automatically dumping a receptacle at any desired location.

More specifically, the invention comprises a suspended carrier having pivotal connection with a bail suspended from ahanger carrying grooved pulleys which travel upon a track, and in the provision of a stop adjustably held to the track, against which a trip mechanism mounted upon the carrier is adapted to contact, whereby the receptacle may be tilted.

My invention comprises various other details of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and then specifically defined in the appended claims.

I illustrate my invention in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this application, and in which drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved carrier. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectaken in the same plane as that of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the stop mechanism which is adjustably held upon the track. Fig. 4 is a sectional view on line 4-4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a similar view, showing the parts in released positions. Fig. 6 is a sectional view on line 66 of Fig. 3. Fig. 7 is a sectional view on line 77 of Fig. 1. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the carrier, showing the receptacle inverted. Fig. 9 is an end view of the receptacle, showing the same partially tilted. Fig. 10 is an end view of the receptacle, showing the latter held in upright position, and Fig. 11 is a detail view of a yielding bufl'er mounted upon the track.

Fig. 12 is a detail view of a resilient member right position.

adapted to frictionally engage a clip upon the bail.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates a receptacle which may be of any suitable shape and size and provided at its ends with the plates A in which are mounted the screws A which form pivots on which the bail sections A are mounted. Said sections A are preferably hollow and are adapted to receive the ends M of the bail. Apertures N are formed in said ends M and are adapted to receive adjusting pins which pass through the sections A whereby the height at which it is desired to have the receptacle hung may be adjusted.

D designates a casting having a vertically disposed opening therein in which the shank portion E of the yoke E is swivelled. A loose collar F is mounted upon the lower end of said shank portion, being held in place by means of a pin G, and suitable ball bearings H are interposed between said collar and the lower end of said casting, to reduce to a minimum the friction between said parts. The

upper end of said yoke is apertured to re celve one end of the integral spindle K of the grooved pulley I, and J designates a guard plate which is apertured to receive one of the spindle ends of the pulley I and upon which it has a loose swinging movement, serving to retain the pulley upon the cable or track I. There-are two of said pulleys of similar construction and each mounted in a casting of similar construction, and through which the downwardly extending ends M of the bail section L pass, as shown clearly in section in Fig. 2 of the drawings. Clips m are fastened to the ends A and each is provided with an eye adapted to receive the rod B, the lower end of which is bent, as shown in Fig. 8, into 5 a hook R. Referring to Figs. 9 and 10 of the drawings will be seen the curved plates S, each of said plates having an edge U curved to form a guideway to receive the hooked end R of said rod, and intermediate the plates is a straight portion S having a notch'S in which the end R of said rod is adapted to engage, as shown in Fig. 10, for the purpose of normally holding the receptacle in an up- A second rod B has clips B which surround the rod B, thereby allowing the two rods to be extensible. Said rod B is extended and bent to form loops Q and Q which are resilient and designed to frictionally engage the clip sections Q and Q The ICC sections Q and Q which are held against the bail L by bolts are provided each with a hook portion Q adapted to interlock with each other. A bolt Q passes through registering apertures in corresponding ends of the clip sections, and by means of a nut upon said bolt, affords means for clampingthe clip sections frictionally against the bail section L. Lugs 9 project from said clip sections and between which the loops Q and Q of the rod B are guided, as said rod is moved longitudinally. It will be noted that the loops Q are adapted to limit the upper throw of the rod B and that the loops Q are designed to hold the rod at its lowest limit. The upper portion of said loops, is a U-shaped portion Q adapted to contact with the trip member 0 which is adjustably held to said cable or track I. trip member O is shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings and the means for holding said member in adjusted position in Figs. 4 and 5. Said member 0, has clips 0 at its ends surrounding the cable or track I, and O is a resilient strip fastened at one end to the portion 0 at its center, and its 'free end is adapted to be actuated by means of the cam lever 0 whereby said resilient strip may be held in clamping relation frictionally against the cable 1.

Referring to Fig. 11 of the drawings, will be seen a buffer consisting of a yoke-shaped member P fastened to two complemental shell sections Pwhich are held to the track or cable by means of a clamping bolt, at any location desired and WV, W designate two clamping sections held to the cable by means of a bolt, and W is a spring interposed between the sections P and W, thereby allowing the yoke to yield as the hangers come in contact therewith to gradually stop the same when travelling at any speed.

The operation of my apparatus is as follows. The stop being adjusted at any location upon the cable where it is desired to cause the receptacle to be inverted, the re ceptacle may be inverted by the contact of the upper looped end. of the wire B with the U-shaped member 0 of the stop, which will cause a longitudinal movement to be imparted to the rod B and also to the rod B fixed thereto. As the lower end of the rod B is moved downward, the hook R at the end thereof will disengage the notch S and the receptacle being pivoted below its longitudinal center, will readily fall by gravity to the position shown in Fig. 8 of. the drawings. As the receptacle turns upon its pivot, the lower portion of therod B will be held by the outer edge of the plate S out of the path of the swinging receptacle. When it is desired to return the receptacle to its normal upright position, as the receptacle swings against the hooked end R of the rod B, said'hooked end will be guided in the grooved portion of the An enlarged detail'view of said plate S and when it comes opposite the notch S, will spring therein and hold the receptacle in the position shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. By, the provision of the buffer, any sudden jar incident to the stopping of the carrier may be avoided, and by the provision of the swinging plates upon the hangers, the apparatus may be securely held upon the cable.

By the provision of the apparatus shown and described, it will be noted that a simple and efficient mechanism is afforded whereby carriers may be automatically dumped, and

so arranged that they may be adjusted at different elevations, the apparatus being automatic in its action and so adjusted that it may be operated at any location upon the cable or track.

What I claim is 1. A carrier apparatus comprising a track, hangers thereon, a receptacle, a bail apparatus fixed to said hangers and pivotally connected to said receptacle, a stop fixed to said track, an adjustable trip mechanism comprising two rods, one of which is bent to form loops and adapted to contact with said stop, the other red designed to engage a notch in the end of the receptacle, said trip being actuated longitudinally as it contacts with the stop, whereby said rod may be released from the receptacle, as set forth.

2. A carrier apparatus comprising a track, a stop thereon, a hanger on the track, arece tacle, a bail fixed to the hanger and pivotally connected to said receptacle, tri mechanism comprising two rods, one of w 'ch is bent to form resilient loops designed to engage the bail, guides for said loops, and connections between the trip mechanism and receptacle for normally holding the latter from being inverted, as set forth. I

3. A carrier apparatus comprising a track, a stop thereon, a hanger on the track, a receptacle, a bail fixed to the hanger and pivotally connected to said receptacle, trip mechanism comprising two rods, one of which is bent to form resilient loops designed to engage the bail, guides for said loops, curved plates secured to the ends of the receptacle, the lower end of one of said rods being bent to engage a notch intermediate said plates, the lower end of said rod adapted to be held by the edges of the curved plates out of the path of the receptacle as it is inverted, as set forth.

4. A carrier apparatus comprising a track, a stop thereon, hangers upon the track, a receptacle, curved plates fixed to one end of said receptacle, a portion of each turned into a roll forming a guide groove, a notched strip connecting said plates, a bail secured to said hangers and pivotally connected to the receptacle, a trip mechanism consisting of a rod bent to form loops designed to engage said .bail, an extensible portion of said trip mechanism being bent to form a resilient hook engaging saidnotch and designed to be guided in the grooves of said plates, as set forth.

5. In combination, in a carrier apparatus, a track, hangers mounted thereon, a receptacle, a .bail fixed to the hangers and pivotally connected to the receptacle, clip sections having corresponding ends interlocked and a bolt passing through the other ends, whereby said sections may be clamped to the bail, guide pins projecting from said sections, trip mechanism consisting of two rods adjustably held together, one of said rods being bent to form loops adapted to engage said bail intermediate the guide pins, and means for normally holding the receptacle from being in- Verted, a stop fixed to the track and against which the upper loop portion of one of said rods is adapted to contact as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

RAY W. FRANKLIN;

Witnesses:

RALPH H. MUNRO, H. L. EASTON. 

